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2025 edition of online course: IWRM for Climate Resilience

Integrated Water Resources Management for Climate Resilience, developed by UNEP-DHI in partnership with Cap-Net UNDP, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, UN-Habitat, Global Water Partnership and UNDP, is an online, free and self-paced course that offers five modules designed to help practitioners plan climate resilient measures in the water sector.

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WIPO Green Database of Innovative Technologies and Needs

The WIPO GREEN database is a free, solutions oriented, global innovation catalogue that connects needs for solving environmental or climate change problems with tangible solutions. The database consists of user uploads of needs and solutions, green technology patents from the WIPO Patentscope database, imports from select partner organizations, relevant knowledge material, and relevant expert profiles.

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Restoring the Shabelle River for Climate Resilient Livelihoods in Somalia 

The UNEP-DHI Centre is supporting the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the five-year “RESTORE” initiative by delivering detailed hydrological assessments and decision-support modelling that will guide the rehabilitation and sustainable operation of the Jowhar Off-stream Storage Programme, strengthen flood and drought management across the Shabelle Basin, and build climate-resilient livelihoods for communities in south-central Somalia.

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Shaping Global Wetland Monitoring: Lessons from Down Under

As part of the ongoing efforts under the Global Wetland Watch (GWW) initiative, a national consultation and coordination visit across Australia was conducted. The purpose of this trip was to engage directly with key stakeholders involved in wetland monitoring, policy, and conservation.

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National planning takes shape in 12 countries for climate-resilient water investments

This year, twelve countries are undertaking multi-stakeholder processes to answer that question as they embark on national action planning, assisted by the SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme, implemented by GWP in coordination with the UNEP-DHI Centre, under the leadership of UNEP.
The goal: to design actionable, investment-ready action plans that mobilise resources from a range of funding sources — including national budgets, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and bilateral funders.

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New Technical Note Benchmarking Africa’s Progress on IWRM

A new Technical Note highlights the progress made and the challenges that remain in achieving sustainable water management across the African continent. It focuses on the status and direction of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate resilience, and financing for infrastructure based on SDG 6.5.1 data (2023).

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